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MBK EzPan
MBK EzPan
Rupture 2
Rupture 2
Deviation
Deviation
Rotation
Rotation
Preview Tuner
Preview Tuner
MX16-185 Reborn
MX16-185 Reborn
DYNAMIC SPLIT module
DYNAMIC SPLIT module
SBAM
SBAM
Nirvana
Nirvana
MBK EzPan - Max for Live device
MBK EzPan
MBK EzPan is the simplest way to create immersive binaural mixes inside Ableton Live.   Built on LESON's MyBeeKnows binaural technology, MBK EzPan allows you to position sounds naturally around the listener in a virtual 3D space using an intuitive and streamli...
Rupture 2 - Max for Live device
Rupture 2
Rupture is a next-generation kick drum and mono synthbass generator for Ableton Live (Max for Live). At its core lies a Multi-Envelope Morphable Dynamic Oscillator, where the waveform is alive and constantly evolving throughout the sound. This unique design le...
Deviation - Max for Live device
Deviation
Deviation is an asymmetric waveshaper for Ableton Live that brings PWM to any signal. It stretches your waveform around a movable pivot point, making positive and negative half-cycles unequal and generating even harmonics. Applied independently per channel, th...
Rotation - Max for Live device
Rotation
Rotation is a stereo processor for Ableton Live built around a Hilbert transformer. It converts your signal into a rotating vector, producing perfectly mono-compatible stereo without phase cancellation. No delays, no Haas effect. Vector-based stereo processing...
Preview Tuner - Max for Live device
Preview Tuner
How curious that Ableton still hasn't included this feature, but that's exactly why we exist. Preview Tuner does what it says on the tin: it lets you hear your sounds in tune with your project. It includes an algorithm that detects the fundamental frequency of...
MX16-185 Reborn - Max for Live device
MX16-185 Reborn
MK16-185 Reborn by I-Mable (v 1.6.0) Reborn version of the MK 16-185 Sequencer by Marco Kapetanović (2015) The MK 16-185 Sequencer is a stage-driven step sequencer which is heavily inspired by RYK's fantastic "M-185" sequencer that he made for the Roland Syste...
DYNAMIC SPLIT module - Max for Live device
DYNAMIC SPLIT module
DSm (Dynamic Split module) is made for producers who need to do things faster without decreasing the quality of their work.So many hours spent in music production go wasted by unnecessary setups, low-quality sources, failed separation, bad audio condition, and...
SBAM - Max for Live device
SBAM
SBAM is a Max for Live instrument. It’s a adaptation of an original script I made for UVI Falcon years ago. SBAM is at it's core a Sampler sequencer. You can load your samples in 4 sampler engines. These sampler engines automatically slices your samples based...
Nirvana - Max for Live device
Nirvana
Nirvana (a Max for Live device) is a feedback device that can be a polyphonic instrument or effect. But it can do so much more than feedback! It has simulations of a breadboard circuit and a 2D space or material for adding mics/speakers and sound sources for f...
Entanglement - Max for Live device
Entanglement
Entanglement uses a 1D quantum wavefunction (Schrödinger equation) to produce evolving waveforms for use in a dual polyphonic wavetable synthesizer. You can add energy to the simulation in various different ways (wave packets/quantum particles, free draw, and...
Meridian - Max for Live device
Meridian
Generative Euclidean MIDI Sequencer for Ableton Live. Set the frequency at which randomizations will occur, specify low and high note limits, and let the process unfold. A velocity randomizer adds a human touch to the outputted notes' velocities. While there a...
Coalescence - Max for Live device
Coalescence
Coalescence is a concatenative multi-sampler that uses machine learning (SOM neural network) to organize similar sample slices into clusters based on a chosen spectral feature. There are three playback modes that take advantage of these clusters in various way...
Superposition - Max for Live device
Superposition
Superposition is a monophonic probabilistic concatenative multisampler with an inbuilt multi-fx and modulation system. It centers around transitioning between playback States; each State essentially is a preset for playback (including playing different samples...
Natural Selection S - Max for Live device
Natural Selection S
Natural Selection explores an evolutionary process with sound design! It treats the parameter values of presets as DNA values which are mixed together and mutated over generations to create new sounds. You play the role of the environment, selecting preferable...
Natural Selection P - Max for Live device
Natural Selection P
Natural Selection explores an evolutionary process with sound design! It treats the parameter values of presets as DNA values which are mixed together and mutated over generations to create new sounds. You play the role of the environment, selecting preferable...
Divisions - Max for Live device
Divisions
Divisions is a MaxForLive MIDI Effect. Use various drawing tools to draw walls that balls can bounce off of. You can create up to 32 emitters to launch balls with different settings. When a ball bounces off of a wall, a MIDI note is output based on the setting...
Iridescence - Max for Live device
Iridescence
Iridescence is a MaxForLive delay effect with arpeggiated note trails via a polyphonic real-time pitch shifting and delay system. You can select how many notes are in an arpeggiated “chord” created off of the audio input. Additionally, you can create up to 16...
Songbird - Max for Live device
Songbird
Songbird is a MaxForLive audio instrument. It features a simulation of a flock of birds, each bird having its own model of a syrinx (a bird vocal organ) as well as a model of a simple birdbrain that controls the syrinx to create different syllables. Each bird’...
data.train - Max for Live device
data.train
data.train is a sampler mangler of sorts that can be used as an audio effect or instrument (works with dropped samples or live audio input). It centers around the modulation of sample playback and FX through a grid of math operators. Each playback and FX param...
Rhythmorphic - Max for Live device
Rhythmorphic
Rhythmorphic is a max for live MIDI Effect. It has four sequencers that can create “non”-euclidean sequences (patterns that are not evenly distributed) by morphing or warping a euclidean sequence by the topology (brightness values) of an image or video. This a...
Grain Forest - Max for Live device
Grain Forest
Grain Forest is a maxforlive granular synth and effect. The granular playback and FX are driven by a simulation of a forest that evolves through DNA mixing and mutations over generations. Each tree in the forest is an independent grain or voice that has its ow...
Mouth Play - Max for Live device
Mouth Play
Mouth Play is a maxforlive instrument that offers unconventional shaping of a vocal tract together with a simulated glottis (brass model) or FM oscillator as a source. This offers a large variety of sonic possibilities: from voice-like sounds (animal, human, m...
Pathways - Max for Live device
Pathways
Pathways is a sample-based Max for Live instrument that allows users to draw paths (made of small points) for sample playback over a spectrogram interface. The playback path (in blue) is based on which points were drawn first to last, allowing for all kinds of...
ODIOSKOP - Max for Live device
ODIOSKOP
ODIOSKOP is a Max for Live device that provides a floating oscilloscope-style visualisation for any Ableton Live track. Developed by Raphaël SAUER aka I-Mable, this device offers a real-time waveform display, track status monitoring, and customizable settings,...
AbleLOM 2 - Max for Live device
AbleLOM 2
AbleLOM 2 is a Max for Live device that allows you to explore the Live Object Model (LOM) directly within Ableton Live in a graphical and intuitive environment. The device lists various Live object classes with their parent-child relationships, properties, and...
A0.gest - Max for Live device
A0.gest
A0.gest uses the acceleration, position, 3D rotation, and cardinal direction of a smartphone to modulate any parameter in Ableton Live, as well as using the touchscreen as a 2-dimensional matrix modulator. Each sensor has a discrete map button assigned to each...
GROTTA - Max for Live device
GROTTA
Grotta is Max 4 Live device developed to creatively work with the Outer Fields sound libraries and any other recording or live input. It’s an audio effect implementing a real-time granular synthesis algorithm using a multi-voices audio scanner that creates a c...
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